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netfire
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Fired? Speak No Evil
Can you provide a source for this? I've never heard of this before and am curious what legal restriction you are referring to.
SamReidHughes
on Jan 3, 2014
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It's in a secret section of the constitution on employment law, that overrides the first amendment.
BlackDeath3
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The first amendment (and all the rest of it) has nothing to do with non-governmental, private interactions.
gottagetmac
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Of course it does, when you're talking about the government regulating non-governmental, private speech, such as this mythical law against employers saying truthfully that you were fired for cause.
BlackDeath3
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Fair point. I suppose I'm really not sure.
ceejayoz
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That's why companies are free to have this as a company policy.
The First Amendment prevents this policy from being a law.
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